“First aid in suicide prevention” was how Tom Nitschke characterized aspects of the program he presented last Saturday morning at Becker High School. The content is a curriculum he designed after a career in edu...
Area children had a chance to experience the fun of reading with a non-human partner last Saturday morning when Elsie, the reading therapy dog, paid a visit to the Becker Public Library. Elsie is a seven-year-o...
It has been a busy week in St. Paul. The committee process is getting under way and we have already started to hear some of the first bills of the session. Here are a few highlights: Done: Tax Relief! I was pr...
The state’s largest small business group in terms of entities, the National Federation of Independent Business Minnesota, with 13,000 members statewide, today announced that State Senator David Brown (Becker) wa...
Students Sydney Mastey and Joe Perry have been selected as the recipients of the 2014-15 Becker High School Triple “A” (Academics, Arts, and Athletics) Award. The purpose of the Triple “A” program is to reco...
Action on a petition from the local card club seeking more heat in the town hall on Monday mornings, approval of a positive comment for a proposed plat in a development project, a discussion of the upcoming town...
A number of Becker School District art students have had their paintings selected for publication in “Celebrating Art!”, a book which is published three times each year by Blick Art Materials, Inc., according to...
Michael Garland of Santiago has seen the devastating effect cancer has on families and friends over the years, including his own. He’s lost his father, his grandfather and an uncle to the disease and knows many ...
If the after-Christmas sales have disappointed, at least getting to those sales and malls is easier and more affordable, due to the plunging gas prices. It’s now possible to find gas at less than $2 a gallon a...
In an effort to save money and be more efficient, the Sherburne County Board voted Tuesday to begin contracting some of its maintenance work to outside vendors. The board met a week ago at a workshop with Bill...
